Welcome to
The Roanoke-New River Valley Company
The Roanoke-New River Valley Company provides members who cannot attend national meetings the pleasure of association with other Society members and of participating in activities that are central to Society membership. Our membership comes from Southwest Virginia and the urban settings of Bristol, Blacksburg, Salem, and Roanoke. We enjoy fellowship, programs, and the opportunity of being part of all the projects of the National Society.
Our Company has each year since our founding made a significant contribution to the Wingo Fund for Restoration of Courthouse Records - one of the primary objectives of the Jamestowne Society. Perhaps our most significant facet has been our comradeship when we have enjoyed becoming friends with other members like ourselves who enjoy Jamestowne Society membership whether or not we are able to attend National Society meetings.
Our total area is Alleghany, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Roanoke, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe. This total of 21 counties, 3 encompassing areas on both sides of I-81 in the far Southwest, outlines our primary membership emphasis. Note the map below.
OFFICERS 2018-2020
Governor: Ms. Sandra Fitzgerald Parsell
Lieutenant Governor:
Secretary: Ms. Florence Annette Powell
Treasuerer: Ms. Anna Belle Pope
Chaplain: Ms. Carol Graybeal
Genealogist Mrs. Barry Webster
Councilor: Ms. Sue Ray
Councilor: Mr. Charles Fritts
Councilor: Mr. George Sydnor, Jr.
Councilor: Mr. James Joe Jefferson
Permanent Members of Council:
Mrs. Patty Arnold, Staunton
Mr. James Owens, Blacksburg
Mr. Harrison Schroeder, Floyd
Mr. Cranston Williams, Jr., Roanoke
Mrs. Alice J. Sweeney, Galax
Mrs. Barbara Bray Lenart, Vinton
The Roanoke-New River Valley Company of the Jamestowne Society meets two times per year (once in the Spring and once in the Fall) alternating between the Roanoke area and the New River Valley area. The dates and locations are announced one month in advance The yearly dues are $10.00 and are to be sent to the Treasurer by January 31st or sooner. If a new member joins in December and pays their dues in December, they will have paid their dues for 13 months (December and the following year)
All money, including gifts, normally goes to restoration projects of the Jamestowne Society. When a visit to a cultural or museum site is made, in which the Chapter's meeting will take place, $100 can be given to the cultural or museum site visited. Our Company was chartered on 14 May, 2005 in Wytheville, Virginia and organized on June 11, 2005. The Organizing Company Governor was Patty Stephens Arnold. The Roanoke-New River Valley Company is a 501 (3)(c) organization.
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